接线员 接線員 jiē xiàn yuán switchboard operator 独来独往 獨來獨往 dú lái dú wǎng coming and going alone (idiom) / a lone operator / keeping to oneself / unsociable / maverick 机械师 機械師 jī xiè shī mechanic / engineer / machinist / machine operator / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4] 机师 機師 jī shī (aviation) pilot / (heavy machinery) operator 操作员 操作員 cāo zuò yuán operator syn 主子 zhǔ zi Master (term used by servant) / Your Majesty / operator (of machine) syn 车工 車工 chē gōng lathe work / lathe operator 算子 suàn zi operator (math.) 话务员 話務員 huà wù yuán phone operator 运营商 運營商 yùn yíng shāng operator (of a power station, transport network etc) / carrier (telecommunications etc) 操盘手 操盤手 cāo pán shǒu heavyweight operator in a market 铣工 銑工 xǐ gōng milling (machining) / milling machine operator 接线生 接線生 jiē xiàn shēng switchboard operator / telephone operator 报务员 報務員 bào wù yuán telegraph operator / radio operator 买空卖空 買空賣空 mǎi kōng mài kōng to speculate / to play the market / (fig.) to sell hot air / to swindle people by posing as a reputable operator syn 长 長 zhǎng chief / head / elder / to grow / to develop / to increase / to enhance syn 头 頭 tóu head / hair style / the top / end / beginning or end / a stub / remnant / chief / boss / side / aspect / first / leading / classifier for pigs or livestock / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 局长 局長 jú zhǎng bureau chief / CL:位[wei4],個|个[ge4] 部长 部長 bù zhǎng head of a (government etc) department / section chief / section head / secretary / minister / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2] 首席 shǒu xí chief (representative, correspondent etc) syn 首要 shǒu yào the most important / of chief importance syn 首领 首領 shǒu lǐng head / boss / chief syn 上将 上將 shàng jiàng general / admiral / air chief marshal 酋长 酋長 qiú zhǎng headman (of primitive people) / tribal chief / used as translation for foreign leaders, e.g. Indian Rajah or Arab Sheik or Emir 头头 頭頭 tóu tóu head / chief syn 主编 主編 zhǔ biān editor in chief 执政官 執政官 zhí zhèng guān consul (of the Roman Republic) / magistrate (chief administrator) 村长 村長 cūn zhǎng village chief / village head 总管 總管 zǒng guǎn to be in charge of (a major area of responsibility) / person in charge / manager / (old) butler (of a rich family) / chief steward 龙头 龍頭 lóng tóu faucet / tap / bicycle handlebar / chief / boss (esp. of a gang) / (referring to a company) leader / front-runner / figurehead on the prow of a dragon boat 龍船|龙船[long2chuan2] syn 参谋长 參謀長 cān móu zhǎng chief of staff 元帅 元帥 yuán shuài (military) marshal / commander-in-chief syn 元凶 yuán xiōng chief offender / main culprit syn 统帅 統帥 tǒng shuài command / commander-in-chief syn 科长 科長 kē zhǎng section chief / CL:個|个[ge4] 总司令 總司令 zǒng sī lìng commander-in-chief / top military commander for a country or theater of operations syn 总编 總編 zǒng biān chief editor (of newspaper) / abbr. for 總編輯|总编辑 syn 处长 處長 chù zhǎng department head / section chief 书记 書記 shū ji secretary (chief official of a branch of a socialist or communist party) / clerk / scribe syn 次长 次長 cì zhǎng deputy chief 课长 課長 kè zhǎng section chief (of an administrative unit) / head (of a department) 老将 老將 lǎo jiàng lit. old general / commander-in-chief 將帥|将帅, the equivalent of king in Chinese chess / fig. old-timer / veteran syn 总参谋长 總參謀長 zǒng cān móu zhǎng (military) Chief of Staff 霸主 bà zhǔ a powerful chief of the princes of the Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC) / overlord / hegemon 区长 區長 qū zhǎng district chief 司长 司長 sī zhǎng bureau chief 包工头 包工頭 bāo gōng tóu chief labor contractor 冠冕 guān miǎn royal crown / official hat / official / leader / chief / elegant and stately syn 总编辑 總編輯 zǒng biān jí chief editor (of newspaper) syn 主将 主將 zhǔ jiàng commander-in-chief (military) / star player (sports) / key figure (in an organization) syn 大帅 大帥 dà shuài (old) commanding general / commander-in-chief / (Qing dynasty) title for a governor-general (provincial military governor) 總督|总督[zong3 du1] 正职 正職 zhèng zhí main job / day job / steady full-time job (as opposed to temporary or casual) / chief or principal post (as opposed to deputy) 股长 股長 gǔ zhǎng person in charge of a 股[gu3] (section or department) / head / chief / director / (in a class in a school) student responsible for a specific duty, e.g. 風紀股長|风纪股长[feng1 ji4 gu3 zhang3] discipline monitor 祸首 禍首 huò shǒu chief offender / main culprit syn 西皮 xī pí one of the two chief types of music in Chinese opera / see also 二黃|二黄[er4 huang2] 罪魁 zuì kuí criminal ringleader / chief culprit / fig. cause of a problem syn 主帅 主帥 zhǔ shuài (military) commander-in-chief / (sports) team manager / coach syn 中心主任 Chief of Centre 办公室主任 辦公室主任 bàn gōng shì zhǔ rèn Chief of Office 首席执行官 首席執行官 shǒu xí zhí xíng guān chief executive officer (CEO) 都督 dū dū (army) commander-in-chief (archaic) / provincial military governor and civil administrator during the early Republic of China era (1911-1949 AD) 副处长 副處長 Deputy Chief of Branch 行政长官 行政長官 xíng zhèng zhǎng guān chief executive / magistrate 副厅长 副廳長 fù tīng zhǎng Deputy Chief of Office 业务主管 業務主管 chief operating officer 副司长 副司長 fù sī cháng Deputy Chief of Division 乡长 鄉長 xiāng zhǎng village chief / mayor (of village or township) 将帅 將帥 jiàng shuài commander-in-chief, the equivalent of king in Chinese chess syn 董建华 董建華 dǒng jiàn huá Tung Chee-hwa (1937-), Hong Kong entrepreneur and politician, chief executive 1997-2005 执行长 執行長 zhí xíng zhǎng (Tw) chief executive 党主席 黨主席 dǎng zhǔ xí party chief 特首 tè shǒu chief executive of Special Administrative Region (Hong Kong or Macao) / abbr. for 特別行政區首席執行官|特别行政区首席执行官 syn 首席代表 shǒu xí dài biǎo chief representative 魁首 kuí shǒu chief / first / brightest and best syn 副科长 副科長 fù kē cháng Deputy Chief of Section 何厚铧 何厚鏵 hé hòu huá He Houhua (1955-), Macau financier and politician, Chief Executive 1999-2009 酋长国 酋長國 qiú zhǎng guó Emirate / Sheikdom / used as translation for country under a chief 副参谋长 deputy chief of staff 首 shǒu head / chief / first (occasion, thing etc) / classifier for poems, songs etc syn 帅 帥 shuài (bound form) commander-in-chief / (bound form) to lead / to command / handsome / graceful / dashing / elegant / (coll.) cool! / sweet! / (Chinese chess) general (on the red side, equivalent to a king in Western chess) syn 霸 bà hegemon / tyrant / lord / feudal chief / to rule by force / to usurp / (in modern advertising) master syn 魁 kuí chief / head / outstanding / exceptional / stalwart syn 酋 qiú tribal chief syn 莫迪 mò dí Modi (name) / Narendra Modi (1950-), Indian BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party or Indian People's Party) politician, Gujarat Chief Minister from 2001, PM from 2014 吴仁宝 吳仁寶 wú rén bǎo Wu Renbao (1928-2013), former CCP chief of Huaxi Village 華西村|华西村[Hua2 xi1 Cun1], responsible for turning it into a modern rich community 二黄 二黃 èr huáng one of the two chief types of music in Chinese opera / Peking opera / also written 二簧[er4 huang2] / see also 西皮[xi1 pi2] syn 资料输入员 資料輸入員 key entry operator / key operator 军事新闻主任 軍事新聞主任 chief military information officer / chief military public information officer / chief military press information officer 运输主任 運輸主任 yùn shū zhǔ rèn chief transportation officer / chief transport officer 办公室主任办公室 - 办公室主任直属办公室 辦公室主任辦公室 - 辦公室主任直屬辦公室 Office of the Chief of Staff – Direct Office of the Chief of Staff 工程主任 gōng chéng zhǔ rèn chief engineering officer / chief civilian engineering officer 联合国系统行政首长协调理事会 聯合國系統行政首長協調理事會 United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination / Chief Executives Board 行政首长协调会 行政首長協調會 United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination / Chief Executives Board 安保和安全事务科科长 安保和安全事務科科長 chief of security and safety / chief, security and safety section 首席采购干事 首席采購幹事 Chief Procurement Officer / chief of procurement 采购主任 采購主任 Chief Procurement Officer / chief of procurement 主刀 zhǔ dāo to act as the chief surgeon / chief surgeon 刨工 bào gōng planing / planing machine operator / planer 踩线 踩線 cǎi xiàn to scout for a tour operator / to reconnoiter a potential tour itinerary / (tennis) to commit a foot fault 